Florida Department of Children and Families Selects Eckerd Youth Alternatives as Lead Agency for Pinellas and Pasco Counties
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News On April 2, 2008, the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) selected Eckerd Youth Alternatives (Eckerd) to serve as the community-based care lead agency for foster care services for DCF District 6, which includes Pinellas and Pasco counties. The selection ended a unique situation in which DCF was in simultaneous negotiations with two organizations Eckerd and Camelot Community Care whose proposals received nearly identical scores. Both organizations responded to an invitation to negotiate (ITN) released on December 11, 2007. The contract for services is valued at . . .